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Amazing Walkabout Acts.

Walkabouts
in a Nutshell:

If your looking for some unusual walkabout act to give your event a buzz, look no further.
Well suited for a wide age range.

Walkabout Acts & Characters

Captain Franko Reliable Entertainment offer a variety of interesting & unusual Walkabout acts. All of our acts are designed to provide maximum interaction, and feature experienced, highly-skilled entertainers. These aren't bored, silent teenagers in fluffy suits!

The acts are surprisingly versatile, and are suitable for a wide range of age groups. They are popular at festivals, shopping centres, town centres, corporate events...

The Acts:
Buckle & Swash

Buckle & Swash is a two-man act, featuring amazing costumes and props (and months of rehearsals!). The title characters are 'Captain Jack Buckle', a lovable pirate & 'Commodore Simon Swash', his foppish adversary. They "sail" about on their (land) boats, providing lots of fun interaction for your visitors. They can even perform a comedy sword battle like you've seen at the movies!! Excitement, fun & humour put together in a first-class package. Ideal for festivals, parades & fun events everywhere! Photo here & Video here.

 

Walkabout Ventriloquist

We now have a variety of puppets for walkabout, suitable for all ages. As well as the traditional 'wee boy' puppet, they include a Smoke-breathing Dragon accompanied by a Knight, a colourful Flamingo and an Orang-utan. They are accompanied by a skilled entertainer, for maximum effect. Terrific for fun days, festivals, shopping centres and more. Photo here

Choose your Stilt-walking Character: Updated!

As well as the popular "Elvis" character,we have several nine-foot clowns & a very tall wizard. We also have Charlie Chaplin, a peg-legged Pirate, a giant Frankenstein, a cowboy, pilot, Snowman & Santa's "Little" Helper.

Stilt walkers are great for both catching attention at your function and making people come and ask for one of your leaflets!

Why not try our stilt-walking clown band, featuring a Ukelele-Banjo, Mandolin, & percussion. Fantastic for meet & greet or walkabout for all ages - see below.

These acts are immensely popular for shop launches. As well as having a great performer on site, you have a sight visible from a terrific distance. Perfect for photo opportunities!

A great idea for fun days, cross-community parades and launches is to add in the balloon modelling. A couple of nine-foot balloon modellers always gets the youngsters going, as well as drawing attention from far and wide!

Photos here.

Ollie the Ostrich

This Ostrich Rider illusion is quite convincing, a professionally built illusion costume, ridden by your choice of either a cowboy, pirate or for Hallowe'en a scary skeleton cowboy! Think Bernie Clifton's ostrich rebuilt for a discerning modern audience. Our Ostrich has been re-engineered to improve interactivity, and is ridden by a professional entertainer, not just some random person as used by some of our competitors.

Terrific for cross-community parades, walkabouts, fun days, and festivals.... Photo here & Video here.

Walkabout Acts
See some more..

You can see some more pictures of these acts if you click here.

I learnt my walkabout skills when I started out as a street performer, click here to visit "The Captain Franko Experience" and see how.

Other ideas:
go Magic Clown go P and J
go Flea Circus Now: Walkabouts
go Meet/Greet go Theme
go Birthdays go Stilts
go Inflatables go Weddings

Please note: All Performance & Character names are © Captain Franko 1989-2008.

Captain Franko & the Be-Talls: Stilt-walking Clown Band

Our amazing Fun-Time Stilt-walking Clown Band Trio (Captain Franko & the Be-Talls), featuring a Ukelele-Banjo, a Mandolin, percussion & Kazoos!

Fantastic for meet & greet & walkabout for a variety of ages! The band play a varied set, with music covering a wide range of tastes from the present day right back to the thirties. The selected songs are all easily recognisable, in spite of our musical talents. Some were originally funny, the others take on a whole new sound when played by a trio of clowns!

Super Zeroes!

This hilarious walkabout/meet & greet is ideal for a huge age range. These failed super heroes have 'amazing' powers - such as the ability to fly (provided no-one is looking) and an ability to eat smarties. Lots of overacting, inability to lift even the lightest objects and general silliness. Photo here

The "Saddle Sore" Cowboys

Consisting of up to four walkabout cowboys this act is well suited to walkabout for a fun day/festival. They often burst into song, singing C & W songs to Chip's woeful accompaniment. Due to a diet consisting mostly of Baked Beans, be prepared for thunderous sound effects. Not for the faint hearted! Photo here

Toulouse Lautrec / Generic Frenchman New!

Why not have a French-speaking walkabout, featuring a "typically" dressed Frenchman- by an entertainer who spent six years in France.

Clowns & more!

Some of the acts detailed on the other pages in the 'Ideas' section are well suited for walkabout. Either click 'Ideas' at the top of any page, or one of the links on the right. Several Photos here

"Life Unearthed"

This mock camera crew are filming the wildlife series 'Life Unearthed' - the only difference being that their interest lies in humans rather than animals. Cameraman, Soundman & of course the Star of the show 'David Middlesborough' will bring out the best in your guests.

Balloon Modellers (stilts or ground level)

Walkabout balloon modellers, available either on stilts (in a variety of characters) or normal height, dressed as clowns. Photos here

George Formby Tribute

Perfect for a variety of themed events, you can book a George Formby tribute. He comes complete with a Ukelele-banjo - and actually plays the instrument and sings a couple of George's best known songs.
He's dressed in an authentic 1940s army uniform. Photo here & Video here.

More...

Other acts are currently in development, they will appear here after launch. If you are planning a Theme Night, we can provide the total package through carefully selected business partners.

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